# Accident 20130713012101A: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 20-C1, Mesa, AZ, July 13, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2013, 13:37 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: B4VS
- Location: 33.4564° N, 111.7236° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4564&lon=-111.7236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4111T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4111T-2015-02-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 (registry code 2990001, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da20-c1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-240-B (registry code 17177, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 20-C1
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-240-B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 68 total, 68 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13LA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA331) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130713012101A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON 07/13/13 AT 1337 LOCAL TIME A STUDENT PILOT TAXIED A DIAMOND DA20 FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING A SOLO FLIGHT.  THE RIGHT WING OF THE DIAMOND DA20 COLLIDED WITH THE RIGHT WING OF A DIAMOND DA 40 THAT WAS UNOCCUPIED AND PARKED ON THE RAMP FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING OF THE DIAMOND DA20.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR13LA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA331), Jul 13, 2013: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 20-C1 (N4111T), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to monitor and maintain clearance while taxiing, which resulted in collision with the parked airplane. Contributing to the accident was the parked airplane’s insufficient…

## Other reports on N4111T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20111114026579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111114026579I), Nov 14, 2011: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 20-C1 (N4111T), Wickenburg, AZ, Minor damage. Pilot landed at the E25 airport for physiological needs. While taxiing to a parking spot the airplane hit a cactus with the left wing which spun it to the left…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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